Sri Lanka Armyâ€™s Deputy Chief of staff killed in bomb explosion

It was revealed that a suicide car bomb exploded this morning around 8.00 am targeting security personnel.

According to reports, the car bomb exploded at Moraketiya junction in Pannapittya,15 km southeast of Colombo. The explosion set the car ablaze also killed three army personnel including Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army.

Further causalities are yet to be known.

Sri Lanka Army suspects it to be the work of the Tamil rebel outfit â€“ Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.